We offer both digital and physical passes for youth riding throughout TARTA's Lucas County and Rossford service areas. Instructions on how to apply are below.
The Youth Summer Blast Pass begins May 18, 2025. Applications for the YSBP are now open for the 2025 season.
Enjoy a Summer of Independence!
Ages 6-19 ride TARTA for free all summer
The Youth Summer Blast Pass (YSBP) is intended to help youth aged from 6-19 find independence and allow them to learn how to travel throughout their city. The YSBP is good for unlimited rides on TARTA services – including fixed route buses, TARTA Flex microtransit and TARTA Move paratransit – during the summer months.
Get Your Youth Summer Blast Pass
Apply for a digital pass for Summer 2025 today!
Youth Summer Blast Pass
How do you get a Youth Summer Blast Pass?
Normally, TARTA’s Youth Summer Blast Pass will cost $25. In 2025, they will be free!
How long is the YSBP good for?
The YSBP can be used for unlimited rides from June 1st to August 31st.
Once the summer season is over, a new pass will be issued to applicants the following summer.
Is a physical pass needed to ride with the YSBP?
No! Again, ideally, they would use the digital pass through EZfare. But physical passes will be made available. Both digital and physical passes need to be scanned upon entering the bus.
Get Your Digital Pass
For convenience, we encourage youth to use digital passes through EZFare. To get a digital pass you first must create an EZFare account. Then go to TARTA.com/blast to fill out and submit an EZFare form. A digital YSBP card will be in your EZFare account starting from June 1st. Note: Each individual rider will need a unique email address and their own EZFare Account.
Beginning June 1st, check your EZFare account and within 48 hours your pass will be in your account! For any problems, please email the YSBP team.
STEP 1: Download EZfare
Create an account with EZfare.
The EZfare App is available for download:
Physical Pass
To obtain a physical pass you must fill out a physical application (available May 5, 2025) which you can obtain at the TARTA Transit Hub or download below. Once completed, return the application to the TARTA Transit Hub and a Youth Summer Blast Pass will be handed to you. Paper applications and YSBP cards are also available at our community partners: Toledo Lucas County Public Library, YMCA and Boys & Girls Club of Toledo.
Please do not print out the digital application.
STEP 1: Print Application
YSBP applications are available to download below:
STEP 2: Return Application
Once completed, return the application to the TARTA Transit Hub and a Youth Summer Blast Pass will be handed to you. Passes can be used June 1st.
Paper applications and YSBP cards are also available at our community partners:
Are you interested in being a community partner with TARTA's Youth Summer Blast Pass? Reach out to us via email.
YSBP Terms and Conditions
- No unauthorized passengers may use the pass.
- Passholders must obey bus driver’s instructions at all times.
- Transporting animals other than authorized service animals, pets, or glass containers on buses is not allowed.
- Always remain in your seat while the bus is in motion.
- Excessive noise or disturbance to any passenger or driver is not allowed.
- No noise or talking while the driver is approaching or crossing a railroad crossing or other danger points.
- Passholders may not extend any part of their bodies through bus windows.
- Spitting or throwing any object from windows is not allowed.
- Smoking, vaping, and littering are not allowed.
- Students may not use profane language.
- Students must observe safety precautions when crossing streets, entering, or exiting a bus.
- Any conduct which could endanger any passenger or driver, or which could result in damage to the vehicle is not allowed. Passholders over 18, and the parents of minors passholders, voluntarily assume full responsibility for any risks of loss and shall be held responsible for any damage to the bus caused by them.
- The carrying of weapons is strictly prohibited by passholders.
- Passholders must adhere to all TARTA code of conduct policies.
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